2-car Franklin Township crash results in gas pump fire

FRANKLIN TWP. — After two vehicles collided near Tuckahoe and Coles Mill roads at about 3:18 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 3, one of the vehicles continued on and hit a gas pump at the US Gas station at the intersection.

Impact by the Chevrolet Equinox, driven by Carl Thornton, 26, of Williamstown, caused the pump and the vehicle to catch fire, police said.

Occupants safely got out of the vehicle, said police.

The second vehicle, a Mercedes-Benz driven by Garrett Craig, 20, of Franklinville, ended up off the road and away from the fire, police said.

No injuries were reported at the scene, said police.

Assisting Franklin Township police at the scene were Gloucester County EMS, Janvier and Star Cross fire companies and the Gloucester County Haz Mat Team.